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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #190

Posted on June 29, 2022 by crispina kemp

Here’s how it works: Every Wednesday I post a photo (this week it’s that one above.) You respond with something CREATIVE Here are some suggestions: An answering photo A cartoon A joke A caption An anecdote A short story (flash … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treat: Simply Flowers

Posted on June 28, 2022 by crispina kemp

I was tempted to title this post Roses, for the hedges along the lanes are pink and white with them. But no, there are other flowers too. [All photos taken during our walk on 13th June] Many of the early … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: Hellington to Wheatfen

Posted on June 26, 2022 by crispina kemp

We take the bus to Norwich and another to Beccles and hop off at Hellington Corner – not a village, more a few houses that straddle the busy main road. Hellington itself is a typical old Norfolk village: the old … Continue reading →

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Hellington, a Country Church

Posted on June 25, 2022 by crispina kemp

Tradition, another title from the list Maria Antonia has given us for #2022picoftheweek Hellington church is no longer used for worship, but it is open to the public…although it looked on this day like no one cleans it (see below, … Continue reading →

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Fashion Statement

Posted on June 25, 2022 by crispina kemp

It’s terse and pithy To encapsulate: short and brief, Brevity’s the word 12 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Brevity

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CCC189: Changes

Posted on June 23, 2022 by crispina kemp

I was first born a stag and three hundred years I lived as he. But without a doe, or one of my kind, life paled and I was glad to change. I next became an eagle soaring high. Three hundred … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #189

Posted on June 22, 2022 by crispina kemp

Here’s how it works: Every Wednesday I post a photo (this week it’s that one above.) You respond with something CREATIVE Here are some suggestions: An answering photo A cartoon A joke A caption An anecdote A short story (flash … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats: Up Close and Personal

Posted on June 21, 2022 by crispina kemp

A few photos from our walk of 2nd June. Enjoy! Look close. A fly settles here Up-close and personal… for you. Hope you’ve enjoyed

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The Back Way Around Lound

Posted on June 19, 2022 by crispina kemp

2nd June and the day starts bright. Although it’s a Thursday, thanks to the Queen’s Jubilee, it’s also a bank holiday…which means Sunday bus services. We decide not to go far from home and bus to Hopton, the first village … Continue reading →

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Old World Charm

Posted on June 18, 2022 by crispina kemp

Lavinia stared at the email open on her tablet with mouth agape. She didn’t understand the rejection. The agency had commissioned her to photograph the award-winning picturesque village of Saxlingham. She had sent in fifty photos specifically chosen for “old … Continue reading →

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